Xun Yu hoped that Cao Cao would come back as soon as possible, and Liu Xie and the ministers in the Xuchang Palace also had this idea.

The news of Liu Yu's arrival had already spread throughout Xuchang, and the ministers had previously learned from Li Fu, who had betrayed Liu Yu, that Liu Yu had a group of subordinates who specialized in inquiring about news and assassination, and often assassinated those who opposed Liu Yu.

The ministers felt that it was safer to be in the palace, and no one knew if there were Liu Yu's people in Xuchang City, if Liu Yu's men took advantage of the chaos, they could only go to the palace of Hades to cry. They all went to meet Liu Xie when Liu Yu was attacking Xuchang. Liu Xie also knew the thoughts of the ministers, and he was now panicking about Liu Yu's arrival, and very much hoped that Cao Cao would return.

Liu Yu's side began to shift, and he received a report that Zhang Liao had secretly joined Ma Chao, and Chen Gong was planning how to conduct a surprise attack on Chen Liu.

Before the sun rose, Liu Yu's camp was empty.

As soon as the sky dawned, Xun Yu, who hadn't closed his eyes all night, became nervous again, he had been guarding against Liu Yu's possible attack last night, causing the entire defenders to be exhausted, and now that the sky was just dawning, Xun Yu was sure that Liu Yu would attack again.

But knowing that Xun Yu had breakfast and Liu Yu's camp did not move, Xun Yu couldn't help but feel strange in his heart.

Cao Cao finally rushed back with his soldiers and horses, and quickly entered Xuchang through the other wall.

Cao Cao found out that Liu Yu did not continue to attack Xuchang, which made him feel very strange.

Xun Yu hurriedly went to meet Cao Cao, and when he saw Cao Cao, he was like seeing his own parents, and said, "Lord, you are finally back." ”

"Wen Ruo, I've worked hard for you this time." Cao Cao dismounted and patted Xun Yu's shoulder and said.

Xun Yu felt a burst of warmth and said, "This is what should be done in the future." ”

Cao Cao was tired enough to travel for several days in a row, not to mention other people, and Guo Jia's frail body almost couldn't stand it. However, they still stubbornly walked up to the city wall of Xuchang to observe the situation.

When he arrived at the city wall, after Cao Cao looked at Liu Yu's military camp in the distance, he asked Xun Yu, "Has Liu Yu made any recent moves?" ”

"Liu Yu only arrived in Xuchang yesterday, and he made a design to prepare to take him down. It's a pity that he didn't fall for the plan, and kept shooting at Xuchang with a strong bow and crossbow rockets, causing Xuchang City to catch fire and lose a lot. Liu Yu launched a night attack on Xuchang last night, but fortunately, he was well prepared and was not succeeded by him. Today, however, there has been no action, and our army is always ready to prevent a possible attack by Liu Yu. Xun Yu told the battle yesterday in detail.

Cao Cao looked at the traces of the fire on the city wall, and knew that Liu Yu had used a fire attack.

"Where are the Son of Heaven and the ministers?" Cao Cao asked.

Cao Cao was actually very worried that Liu Xiehe and Minister Liu would cause chaos for him.

"My lord, the Son of Heaven and the ministers are now waiting in the palace for the return of the lord." Xun Yu euphemistically told Liu Xie and the ministers the location, he would not say what the ministers were afraid of being done by Liu Yu's spies.

Xun Yu didn't say it, Cao Cao also knew that the safest palace in Xuchang City was the palace.

Guo Jia said sarcastically: "These ministers are really human. Not to mention hiding in the palace for safety, you can also get a reputation for protecting the Son of Heaven, even if Liu Yu captures Xuchang, they can be with the Son of Heaven, Liu Yu does not dare to do anything to them, it is no problem to save his life for the time being. A bunch of old foxes! ”

"Well, don't say so much. Wen Ruo and the soldiers stayed awake all night, so let's start taking turns to rest. Cao Cao interrupted Guo Jia's words, what the ministers were thinking, of course he Cao Cao knew that as long as they didn't make trouble, Cao Cao would let them go.

Cao Cao personally sat on the city wall to prevent Liu Yu's intrigues. After Liu Xie knew that Cao Cao had returned with the main force, he breathed a sigh of relief and sent a minister to come to offer condolences with various rewards. Cao Cao was very impatient with such a hypocritical thing, and said that he could not get out of the war now, and he would meet Liu Xie again after the situation stabilized.

After Liu Xie got the reply, he was a lot more relaxed, but he couldn't relax now, Liu Yu's army had not withdrawn for a day, and he was still very dangerous.

Cao Cao endured his tiredness and kept looking at Liu Yu's camp, until the third pole of the sun, Liu Yu's camp did not make any movement. Cao Cao felt that something was wrong, and kept wondering if Liu Yu had any conspiracy.

Guo Jia was also in the same deep thought as Cao Cao, and suddenly he thought of a very bad idea, and after several inferences, Guo Jia felt that this possibility was very high.

"Lord, look down, Liu Yu is no longer in that big camp." Guo Jia said his own reasoning.

"What!" Guo Jia's words caused others to be surprised, and Cao Cao was no exception.

In order to verify Guo Jia's inference, Cao Cao said: "The whole army went out of the city with Lone, and Lone wanted to see what Bo Xuan was doing." ”

Cao Cao's army rushed out of Xuchang City, cautiously approaching Liu Yu's camp, and no one came out until they came to the gate of Liu Yu's camp. Cao Cao found that Liu Yu's camp was really empty, except for some scarecrows, and there were only some tents left.

"Why does Liu Yu use a scarecrow every time he withdraws his troops?" Cao Cao complained in his heart.

The soldiers searched the camp but found no one.

Cao Cao couldn't help laughing and said: "It seems that Liu Yu is afraid of Lonely, and as soon as Lone comes back, he will run away." ”

Cao Cao's words made the others hesitate for a while. Guo Jia couldn't laugh, he had another bigger idea in his heart, that is, he didn't know if Liu Yu really did that.

Suddenly, a general came to Cao Cao with a copy of the book and said, "My lord, I will find a book and ask the lord to open it." ”

Cao Cao thought that this should be left by Liu Yu, and he also saw what Liu Yu was going to say.

On the outside of the book, it was written that Cao Mengde had personally opened it, and Cao Cao knew at a glance that it was Liu Yu's handwriting.

There are only a few words in the book: Mengde, this king will not let you go.

Cao Cao wondered why Liu Yu left these words, could it be to intimidate himself.

Guo Jia walked up to Cao Cao and said, "Lord, it is very likely that Liu Yu has already entered Yanzhou. ”

Cao Cao's eyes widened and he exclaimed: Fengxiao, is this true? ”

Guo Jia nodded and analyzed: "Liu Yu's 100,000 army is dispatched, and it is impossible to withdraw the army so simply. Our army defended deeply in Yingchuan, and Wen Ruo also mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses to come to Xuchang to defend, and the main force of our army was also to come back to help, resulting in the emptiness of Yanzhou's troops. Liu Yu has many strategists, and he himself is also a person of great resourcefulness. will definitely choose to enter Yanzhou. One can exhaust our army. Second, you can attack Hebei. Our army will be in trouble in the future. ”

The book slip in Cao Cao's hand fell to the ground, and the words on the slip became very dazzling under his eyes.

Cao Cao knew that Liu Yu was serious this time, and he would not let himself go like this.

This time, Cao Cao was in trouble.